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    The law is a strange thing. It makes a man swear to tell the truth, and every time he shows signs of doing so, some lawyer objects.

    by Anon. Found in Law Quotes,
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A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Law Quotes,
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Where law ends, tyranny begins.

Where law ends, tyranny begins.

by William Pitt Found in: Law Quotes,
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The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Law Quotes,
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Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set read more

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.

by Douglas Adams Found in: Law Quotes,
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There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.

by Grover A. Whalen Found in: Law Quotes,
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But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Knowing this, that the law read more

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but
for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners,
for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of
mothers, for manslayers.

by Bible Found in: Law Quotes,
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Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers.
[Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]

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America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.

America is a country where, thanks to Congress, there are 40 million laws to enforce 10 commandments.

by Anon. Found in: Law Quotes,
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Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if read more

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

by Niccolo Machiavelli Found in: Law Quotes,
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